ROWING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 9

ROWING.

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Uccembor 28.—Westpprt ; riegat ! ta.;.: V,'. Jan. ;1. : —iiytteltori Regatta".'Jan. I—Picton -ltegattkii as-fi V4i'"ss-iir£it I'ob. lo.—Christchiirchr Regattar-;; l ( 'eb. 29. —'Wellingtbri:"' V'ffti' Feb. —.—'Waiiganui 'Rbgat.thr--'^-'", i'ob. 20i —Webb-Tresidder .VMatQh;'i ? March 24.— N.Z. ;:Cliampibn.ships';;at, Nd'pier. 1 ;;,

The chief aquatic .• eveiit-'bf the '-Weelc'vwas' the Altaroa Regatta, ;rpft'ed A ori''sf6iida,'f' - last. I '- The local 'club mado_;. ;:; 'a;. 'lftild. 'sc'fi"op,"';.'appropriating, five firsts, with" 1 a prfee-'muiifiy/rpi'. suit of £49; the Canterbury- Club b.eiiig .iipxtin order of merit-' witli/.two a-iaili-return of £27. The.ljitter'club securcd flic big ovciit—the SeniorJFours—with,.the,same crew, as far as 'gpris; presented it. l'dr the p'astV men, 'however, , have;- boci'i -placqd^tTilFcre'ntly the crew .now being ,Hqhbs, (stinilipji-iGuth--rio (3), Brjttan . (2)-,-: and .Little(b'ow).-. The other senior - events,-; the'"l , airs--!ind ' Double Sculls, were annexed by tlifi "pfepdiit' N.Z. championship- holders,•-'botli-Akiii'oi' crows',' concerning' which X following from. a"Spirflibi;h,cdri!6sp6ndeiit':S-; "Senior rowing must in , Christchurch and. n.eighb.oui;hp.p.cl,;,;>v:heii. out of about .1000 meriibers-bplbngiiig to ttlfor six rowing clubs, not-a".single crew has'-the-pluck /to enter in the- r Sinidr, Doublo''Sc'ulls' : against Woodill' and , WhelclV,~ t}ifc' r l Ali¥r'ba champions,'and, only; brief crew against Ifearney and Ditely in tho'.'Saiiibi; 'Pairs." '"This complaint must be -, enilorsed by , all ep.tbusiasts not .only "in;.; .Oaritorbliry - but throughout all rowing circles. That foreign clubs, who would hajeq. to; .incur; heav.jCdxponditure in . sending 'crows, /should ?decline' to, face almost certain defeat ; is reasonablej ! but that clubs practically; on the spot! should be so exceedingly cautious show's-•pooVsplfitj' and- a lamentable lack; of the - itiuo^'.fepiirtin instinct..". Whelcli ..and-' Woodill. jiiid^-tli,eh ; confreres in the".'Pairs"arts'td"b"e- v'co'rigraiulated on the effect oT'their prowess, but. the timidity of the Cai!te'rbury:'"<)hrsnVc!i°Tri leaving that prowess , to bo deprecated. ' . ;•'■\' r -*'■ Another. corresj)ondent,!.'.this,;time. a'.local oarsnian, has written, deploring "t..lit! .lack .'of. entprpriso -digplayed by thp; r WolJiiigtbn.,Ro)v-' ing Club in not.selecting:.a:'senior;croW; for' the forthcoming Christchurch and Welling-' ton' Regattas. Ho says^?:"Tlre"'-'Chib-Could get 9. fairly good :'crcrtß h'ftcf all there is nothing liko/hav.irig-'a'gobd't-rv. A good 'combination;" would lib-'i&'audm (strok.d), H. M'Kinley (3), A. JdcliScin;(2V, and (Jhirnsidc (b0w).",..;, This certainly ; woUl(i; 'shako down, into; a - 'useful r-orbw, '..'and, I? heartily commend tlio..idea, to. -.the.-Club authorities, and hope- tliey: :'will..tiiko ithq-: liuit, at any rate for thi ■•Wellington liegat-ti;. even if not for Christchurch, • To iiial;d "a : slight paraphrase—fit is better "to have raced and lost than never,-to have fa'cfcd"at all." ' ' * The programme of ,the Picton Regatta lias' como to hand. A gratifying. feature is the placing of a Senior Four event o'ri the list after a lapse of many seasons; Tlie other rowing' events aro: Senior Fours, 2 miles, Ist prize .£l2, 2nd £4; Jutiior,,Fours, l£,,miles,,;ilS and £3; Maiden Fours r . l mile, £6;and;£2;;! Youths' Fours,*-1 .mile, £6 and(£2;• Senior Pairs, 1J miles, £6 and £2; Junior Pairs,. l;j mile, £5 and £2;' and Maideiv Pairs,;t-mile, £4 and £2. This, witlr the usual yacht and oil launch races, makes rip a capital-day's

sport, and should 1 ensure -a. .big represents*. tiori-.'ijyV, the j. and Blenhei'ni ;2\ J : -Thb-"Sl;ar Ciulf toolr'advantago of the two rowablo nights during the week to dispose iqfrtlieit-double sculling events. The senior final was won by C. 13. Bridge and l£ers- • lakb : stfaSsSgenerally, anticipated _ after tlioii 1 defeat of Banks and Robertson intho scn\yi]ial, a and-Wilkinson and 11.' L). Bridge , l ajyprnp;fa.tedißie ..This makes v iQjjj thirjd.jete'nf. that tile .Bridgtr Brosi'liavo annexed-. thiiT-iscason, as." in addition to the ■ Senior 4ncl Jumor~DsUblSjSCulls"," 'Laucc-BJld. -JDefcofj that, ilklwero respectively -throe and' !tw() in jHticPiiJs ; wimiing '>. I'-brcwH ; '